DAMYANG, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The country’s first public medical clinic for pets and abandoned animals is being established in Damyang County, 350 kilometers south of Seoul. The medical clinic, which covers an area of 101 square meters, is comprised of a doctor’s office, surgery room, x-ray chamber, beauty salon and hospital ward. It [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean investors’ holdings of foreign securities reached a new all-time high in the first quarter of the year on an overseas investment boom, data showed Thursday. Local investors held overseas stocks and bonds worth a record US$101.68 billion as of end-March, up 1.08 percent from three months earlier, [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Mobility Corp., South Korea’s leading taxi-hailing firm, has unveiled a plan to launch a trial service of wheelchair taxis as part of its efforts to support those who are mobility-vulnerable. The company said Wednesday that in collaboration with the Seodaemun District Office, it will launch a wheelchair taxi [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A smartphones made by Samsung Electronic Co. reportedly blocked a Russian bullet from killing a Ukrainian soldier. The U.S. social media platform Reddit posted a video in which a Ukrainian soldier was recently hit by a Russian assault, but a Samsung’s Galaxy smartphone kept the man alive. The video [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is expanding warranty service for mobile devices in Ukraine following the Russian invasion in February. Samsung’s Ukrainian branch made an online announcement that it will provide long-distance warranty service for smartphones, tablets, smartwatches and other electronic devices in the country. Offline service centers will continue to [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s wheat import prices soared to an over 13-year high in March on the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and a global supply chain bottleneck, data showed Wednesday, exerting upward pressure on food prices here. The country’s import prices of wheat amounted to US$402 per ton last [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea placed second in research and development (R&D) spending as a portion of its gross domestic product (GDP) among major developed countries in 2020, but its tepid growth in recent years calls for more policy support, a report said Wednesday. South Korea’s R&D expenditures reached 93.1 trillion won [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Three out of 10 South Koreans enjoyed walking tours last year as a way to improve health and relieve stress, a survey showed Tuesday. According to a survey conducted by the Korea Tourism Organization of 4,000 Koreans over 15 years of age, 35.2 percent of the respondents said that [...]
SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of employees in the food service segment rose 1.2 percent on-year in October last year as the job market improved amid the economic recovery, data showed Tuesday. The number of people employed at restaurants and eateries reached 1.56 million last October, up 19,000 from a year earlier, [...]
SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of South Korean people think women are not treated equally to men, a government survey showed Tuesday. According to the quinquennial government study, 53.4 percent of respondents said South Korea is not an equal society for women, down from 62.6 percent tallied in 2016. By gender, [...]